If not us, then who?
If not here, then where?
If not now, then when?

Over the last four years, thousands of Tasmanians chose to spend a day outside learning more about how to live a sustainable life.

This is a very popular event. It’s on again on Sunday, April 22nd, so put it in your diary now.

Click HERE to see details.

Dear friends and neighbours- do you have skills in food preserving or are you interested in learning about these skills?

- Bottling
- Drying
- Root cellars
- Making preserves

Would you be able to share these skills with others in a small informal workshop to be timed with this season’s crops?

We’ll organise everything; provide the venue, refreshments etc. We just need your skills and/or interest.

Interested? Then please call Lil on 6224 7390 or email Carol and we’ll get back to you soon!

All welcome to the AGM of Waterworks Landcare Group.

When: Tuesday evening July 27th at 8pm
Where: at Dave and Jo’s place, 152 Waterworks Rd.

Dates for these are as follows: All start at 7.30pm.

102 Waterworks Rd Mon May 3
414a Strickland Ave, Wed May 5
152 Waterworks Wed May 12
14b Livingston Wed May 19
50 Bramble St Thurs May 20
195 Waterworks Rd May 24

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Please email us for queries.

Delicious Three-course Vegetarian Feast
Saturday May 22

Come and support the hard working wonderful, spirited people who run the Source food outlet.

If you haven’t been to Source yet, just do it. They’re just above the university campus in French Street.

They’re open from 11 am each Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

(Just click on the image to see feast details)

Here are some of Karen Brown’s colourful photos taken at this year’s Harvest Fair.

(You can click on the images to make then bigger)

Karen is an ace professional photographer and activist, if you ever need portrait or event photos click HERE to contact her.

On one of those magical Summer days, February 13, the community garden saw its first harvest – whilst one group picked the beans, another crew shelled them (over a little wine and Jonah’s excellent dips) and a good time was had by all.

Spuds will be next and the beds are now being prepared for autumn / winter crops of beetroot, wom bok, kale and a variety of other crops.

For anyone interested, next Saturday (20th Feb) will do more bean harvesting and planting of seeds and seedlings. For the record we have 30 garden beds, each of them allocated to a person or family to manage.

Thanks to Dave Graddon for the photos.

Hello, if you are new to this site and are a householder wishing to contact us about the Climate Connect Project please email us at wwvalley@dodo.com.au.

A dedicated website link (Powerdown Tasmania) has now been set up so that project participants can find out the latest and contribute to the program.

Meanwhile, please feel free to peruse this community site. Feedback always welcome.

Copenhagen approaches… and it will probably determine the fate of human civilisation.

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At a very well-attended community meeting on October 7 there was a lot of discussion around the need for more serious speed deterrents than a 40kph limit for hoons and other speedsters.

People felt this lower limit would be of no use unless enforced (eg by a regular police presence, or better still by a fixed speed camera) and accompanied by other measures like marked crossings (perhaps).

Many doubt that appropriate levels of speed enforcement would eventuate; and, in any case, a lower limit would not solve the ‘footpath problem’.

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Many thanks to Claudia and Jason and family for use of their home for the belated formal launch of our climate project on Sunday (August 30).

We were blessed with a brief break in the continuous wet weather (as NSW sizzles in mid-Summer temperatures, breaking all records for August).

Here is a replica of the little garden signs that participating households will be displaying in their front yards.

This comes with a commitment: to reduce the household’s carbon footprint by 5% minimum per year. We aim to do everything we can to ensure that this commitment can be easily met, and that task will keep us very busy for the coming year!

And thanks too to Nel Smit, a community representative on Tasmania’s Climate Action Council, who launched the project for us on Sunday.

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Waterworks Valley is the most solarised street in Tasmania (anybody wish to contest that claim?) and maybe we should challenge every other street community to do better – in the interest of promulgating sustainable living.

This year four more local households have installed solar hot water systems (at 60, 104, 166 and 191 Waterworks Rd) and several other households have signed up for solar hot water and solar photovoltaic systems – through South Hobart Community’s fantastically successful bulk purchase initiative.

(I hasten to add that solar is not the be all and end all. There are, of course, zillions of less photogenic things that are just as worthwhile – like growing home vegetables, recycling and walking kids to school.)

Chris @ 195

7.30pm
Thursday
30th July
at 60 Waterworks Rd
(Robert Rand’s)

Things to discuss are the Waterworks quarry, our climate grant project, road safety issues, the garden group and more.

(Bring something to share if you care to.)